“Remember that scene from 1984 where Winston Smith is hectored by a grim woman on the other side of the view screen for insufficient vigor in touching his toes?” asks…
NewsMax writer and National Anxiety Center founder Alan Caruba writes that the “obesity epidemic” ranks as the single most dubious news story of 2002. We couldn’t…
As the public continues to chew on (and, largely, spit out) the idea of holding restaurants legally responsible for their patrons’ dietary choices, the Columbia Missourian asked its…
A partisan but official-sounding organization called the California Center for Public Health Advocacy (CCPHA) released a study last week claiming that childhood obesity is “a state emergency” in…
How many people think that fat people suing McDonalds is silly? 97%, according to one recent survey. And it turns out that even some trial lawyers aren’t…
“Finger-lickin’ dumb.” That’s how today’s Washington Times editorial page describes the trial lawyers that are “holding the fast-food industry to blame for individual choices.” The Times also calls…
Chicago Tribune columnist Leonard Pitts has encouraging words for those of us with a little extra meat on our bones this holiday season: “It’s not your fault.” “Blame your jumbo-size…
Lately, the pending fast-food lawsuit filed on behalf of two obese New York teenagers has been met with the same general derision as its progenitor, the Caesar Barber…
